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5 Fantastic Chicken Dishes I Recently Discovered

15 comments August 23, 2011

(picture credits at the bottom of the post) Haley starts Kindergarten tomorrow. Big day. Exciting day. But it also marks summer coming to an end. Sigh… I love summer. Loooove [...]

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Don’t Let Your Refrigerator Be Naked

14 comments June 2, 2011

I don’t know how to sit still. I’m a toe-tapper, hip-shifter, thumb-twiddler, hair-adjuster, fidgety gal. But it doesn’t stem from anxiety or nervousness. It comes from energy looking for a [...]

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Holiday Weekend Good Eats

11 comments May 26, 2011

I haven’t the slightest idea what we’re doing for Memorial Day. But I know there will be grilling involved. Even if it rains. That’s right…just see if you can knock [...]

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Video: Cookies For Kids’ Cancer

30 comments April 5, 2011

This video is dedicated to Gretchen and Larry Witt, in the memory of their son Liam, who would have been seven years old this year. Thank you to the following [...]

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Super Bowl Round-Up

31 comments February 1, 2011

You know the drill – you invite several people over for Super Bowl Sunday and can’t wait to socialize…then you end up stuck in the kitchen slaving cooking, while your [...]

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2010 Year In Review

19 comments December 30, 2010

In a few days I’ll have to remind myself to write 2011 on my checks. Yes, I’m old school. Still writing checks… But really? Another year under our belts? Yep. [...]

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Thanksgiving Recap

11 comments November 23, 2010

If you’re one of those people who waits until the 11th hour to do your holiday gift shopping, then it’s possible you’re one of those people who waits until two [...]

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My Little Potato Turns Two

20 comments April 26, 2010

The original thought was to have a few friends and the family over to celebrate Trevor turning two – I would put out some chips and dip. Maybe even buy [...]

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2009 Year In Review

33 comments January 4, 2010

It was one year ago today that I joined the food blogging circus. In some ways it flew by, and in others, it felt like time stood still. 2009 dealt [...]

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Reader Mailbag

19 comments December 21, 2009

Here are some questions I have been asked, via e-mail, since the beginning of the year. Are you curious about something? I’ll be nice if you will. Make contact. What [...]

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A meal so bad, my dogs wouldn’t eat it.

28 comments December 2, 2009

I’ve been trying out some slow cooker recipes lately. This Creamy Chicken Casserole sounded okay – vegetables, stuffing, chicken. Nothing great, but certainly it had the makings of an easy, [...]

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Slow Cooked Applesauce (and Emma Krumbees Apple Orchard)

20 comments October 21, 2009

This past weekend promised the last semi-warm temperatures (and when I say semi-warm, I mean 50′s), so off to Emma Krumbees we went. I had been hearing about this place [...]